Eyelet.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

A. C. NICHOLS.

EYELBT. APPLICATION FILED MAILM. 190s.

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ARTHUR C. NICHOLSfOF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILLMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTI- OUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

EYELET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed March 24, 1903. Serial No. 149,300.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. NICHOLS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inEyelets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.I

The object of this invention is to provide an enameled or j apannedeyelet having a substantially flat externally-exposed flange, so as topresent the least possible projection on the object to which it isappliedand also to present a distinctive appearance.

The invention consists of an eyelet having a substantially flat flangewith a shoulder in the barrel or tube and having the outer sur faceprovided with a coating of enamel or japan or like covering materialcorresponding in outline with the flange and terminating within theshoulder, so as to leave exposed a circle of the bright metal of thebarrel or tube.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a topplan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionof the uncoated eyelet. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the coatedeyelet. Fig. 5 is a top plan view, greatly enlarged, showing a fragmentof the eyelet. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the eyelet, greatlyenlarged, also showing only a fragment.

The metal part of the eyelet is produced by drawing or stamping asuitable blank; but

- the flange 1 stands off from the barrel or tube 2 at substantiallyright angles and is flat instead of curved. At the juncture of theflange and barrel a shoulder 3 is formed. Any suitable coating 4, Fig.4such as enamel, japan, or other usual materialis then applied to thetop surface and rim or edge of the flange and terminates within theshoulder, so as to leave exposed a circle 5 of the bright metal of thebarrel or tube, thus giving the eyelet a distinctive and ornamentalappearance. Moreover, the edge of the coating is confined Within thecircle, and thus is protected from abrasion and wear in setting and use.The coating is applied parallel to the flange, so as to present a flatsurface, as shown in Figs. 1, 2,. and 4, instead of being convex, as iscustomary. When the eyelet is set in any usual way, its flange haslittle or no appreciable elevation above the surface of the object, andthus the eyelet has a very sightly appearance. In the preferredconstruction the flange or rim is thicker than the barrel, so as to gainthe necessery stiffness to prevent the cracking of the coating insetting, and the running of the enamel over the edge of the flange hidesthe edge and tends to clench the coating in place, so as to render itless liable to removal by accident or violence.

The main characteristics of the invention,

as above set forth, are illustrated, on a larger lslpale, in the twoviews designated Fig. 5 and What I claim is 1. An eyelet, having aflange flat on both sides, an integral barrel or tube, a shoulder formedin the barrel below the flange, and a coating applied to the face andrim of the flange and terminating within the shoulder, and exposing acircle of the bright metal of the barrel or tube.

2. An eyelet, having a flange flat on both sides, a barrel or tubeintegral with the flange, a shoulder formed in the barrel below the flatflange, and a coating of enamel applied flat to the surface of theflange and around its rim and terminating within the shoulder andexposing a circle ofthe bright metal of the barrel or tube.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this'23d day of March,A. D. 1903.

ARTHUR C. NICHOLS.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. ToMPKINs, 'T. R. HYDE, Jr.

